Technology campaigners offer plan to fight 'human downgrading'

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Companies told to connect, not exploit people.

Technology campaigners offer plan to fight 'human downgrading'
Technology firms should do more to connect people in positive ways and steer away from trends that have tended to exploit human weaknesses, ethicists told a meeting of Silicon Valley leaders on Tuesday. Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin are the co-founders of the nonprofit Centre for Humane ...

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